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never say he was a missing person with anti-government use. the u.s. and france have agreed that military operations in mali should be handed over to united nations mission as soon as possible. french forces entered northern mali three weeks ago, launching aerial strikes against islamic militants. today, the french president held talks with american vice- president joe biden in paris. iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad has volunteered to become the first person sent into space by his country's fledgling space program. he made the offer during an address to sciences a week after it ran successfully sent a monkey into orbit. corruption on a scale never previously seen. that is help police in europe are describing a match fixing scheme involving up to 700 football games around the globe. more than half of those were in europe and now the very integrity of the sport is being questioned. our correspondent tim frank has the details. >> the global game is at risk from a global crime network. what had long been feared that only quietly talked about was toda
never say he was a missing person with anti-government use. the u.s. and france have agreed that military operations in mali should be handed over to united nations mission as soon as possible. french forces entered northern mali three weeks ago, launching aerial strikes against islamic militants. today, the french president held talks with american vice- president joe biden in paris. iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad has volunteered to become the first person sent into space by his...
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let us teach you how to keep it! try us!" right! there's a reasonable point of view. >> and that is exactly what the buddha is saying. and all this, going nuts over mutual funds and all of this - i mean, i can't wait until the whole stock market crashes, and then we'll just be a buddhistic - well, let's not go too far in here. but that's the idea. i mean, we have gotten into this frenzy of clinging and worry and fear, and i don't know- wherever it's going, it's not really healthy. yeah, susanna? >> also, on the way over here, i heard a commercial for sylvan learning centers, and i was really sensitive to this because the new issue of kid city had arrived in my office, and here it was a kid, about ten, and the whole backdrop is money
let us teach you how to keep it! try us!" right! there's a reasonable point of view. >> and that is exactly what the buddha is saying. and all this, going nuts over mutual funds and all of this - i mean, i can't wait until the whole stock market crashes, and then we'll just be a buddhistic - well, let's not go too far in here. but that's the idea. i mean, we have gotten into this frenzy of clinging and worry and fear, and i don't know- wherever it's going, it's not really healthy....
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anything you say can be used against you... what you say will be listened to with dignity and respect. you have the right to information and assistance. [ cell door closes ] justice isn't served until crime victims are.
anything you say can be used against you... what you say will be listened to with dignity and respect. you have the right to information and assistance. [ cell door closes ] justice isn't served until crime victims are.
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it's more inclusive; that's the only reason we use it. it's just a way of including more people. sure, barb? >> two things. i wanted to take off on what val said. in my mind, i think that you almost have to be conscious of yourself first, before you're conscious of something else. i mean, its you're conscious of yourself and then your relationship, to - that other thing. but what i wanted to bring out about the pyramids was that thousands and thousands of slaves died through decades and decades or hundreds of years to build the pyramids. and this was all for the immortality, or religious immortality of the pharaohs. so i mean, there can be warpness in religion also. it can be distorted, yeah. >> but you're so right there, and we don't want to gloss that over. i mean, somebody had to build those things, and as you so rightly say, people suffered terribly. in fact, the whole saga, if you want to take the biblical saga, that's one of the reasons why the hebrews were oppressed is because the new pharaoh decides that it needs to be even more e
it's more inclusive; that's the only reason we use it. it's just a way of including more people. sure, barb? >> two things. i wanted to take off on what val said. in my mind, i think that you almost have to be conscious of yourself first, before you're conscious of something else. i mean, its you're conscious of yourself and then your relationship, to - that other thing. but what i wanted to bring out about the pyramids was that thousands and thousands of slaves died through decades and...
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how do we deal with the world around us that seems bent on our creating our own demise? our sojourn through the wide, cool halls of the egyptian museum in cairo dramatically reinforces our three interrelated introductory class themes. rites of passage - in this case death - generate boundary questions - "where do i go when i die?" which is a pervasive human preoccupation from our most ancient civilizations up to the present. if nothing else, our mortality is the commonality that binds humanity together, and forces us to formulate religious answers to the sometimes overwhelming demands of our shared existence. faced with death, as are we all, the ancient egyptian pharaohs responded with unparalleled creative energy in their quest for immortality - from the magnificent statuary, elaborate burial masks, to the golden sarcophagus from tutankhamen's tomb, the visitor is struck by the egyptian response to death. of course, for most people, the pyramids of giza are ancient egypt. through the burial tombs for three pharaohs - a father, son, grandson trio who reigned during the 2
how do we deal with the world around us that seems bent on our creating our own demise? our sojourn through the wide, cool halls of the egyptian museum in cairo dramatically reinforces our three interrelated introductory class themes. rites of passage - in this case death - generate boundary questions - "where do i go when i die?" which is a pervasive human preoccupation from our most ancient civilizations up to the present. if nothing else, our mortality is the commonality that binds...
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that's our context, that's the tools, somewhat arbitrarily, we're going to use as we're going to use the tools of religious studies to try to develop these worldview analysis skills so that we can come to the clearest possible understanding about very diverse set of religions. we're not pretending in this class. it's not a world religion class in that if it's tuesday, it must be buddhism. we're not going to pretend in this class that at the end of 15 weeks we've memorized all the doctrines of the great world traditions. something more fundamental is going on, i hope, as we move on our journey together and that will be to gain this perspective of identity and all those key questions, meaning, purpose, life, death and see how that relates to the relationship of people around us in various cultures, and hopefully, with those skills, you can then go an apply them to buddhism, if you're interested in it, or to islam, or to hinduism and we will ask those great traditions, judaism, to help us understand the six dimensions of religion, which we'll go over in the next class. so, in a nutshell
that's our context, that's the tools, somewhat arbitrarily, we're going to use as we're going to use the tools of religious studies to try to develop these worldview analysis skills so that we can come to the clearest possible understanding about very diverse set of religions. we're not pretending in this class. it's not a world religion class in that if it's tuesday, it must be buddhism. we're not going to pretend in this class that at the end of 15 weeks we've memorized all the doctrines of...
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and it tells me to use your eyes and use your brain and connect the two and don't take anything for granted. and what about your best... the thing you love best in your collection? it's this. it's... that. piece of shattered bone and metal. do you know what it is? any guesses? this was a pen knife was it? yeah. cheap old penknife. sort of class of knife that was carried by all kinds of people-- farmers, workers. you name it. it's very special to me. why is this so special to you? it was my grandfather's. my maternal grandfather, who is corporal samuel robinson of the seventh battalion. the royal west kent regiment. and that was about sam robinson's person when it was hit by either a machine gun bullet or a piece of shell fragment and it clearly took most of the force of the impact, and he survived the first world war. ( gasps ) so if this had been a little bit to the left a little bit to the right... you and i would not be speaking today. gosh, that's a slightly sobering thought, isn't it? a very sobering thought. and this is him, is it? that is he, indeed. yes. there he is, in his uniform,
and it tells me to use your eyes and use your brain and connect the two and don't take anything for granted. and what about your best... the thing you love best in your collection? it's this. it's... that. piece of shattered bone and metal. do you know what it is? any guesses? this was a pen knife was it? yeah. cheap old penknife. sort of class of knife that was carried by all kinds of people-- farmers, workers. you name it. it's very special to me. why is this so special to you? it was my...
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this is their line. >> thank you for joining us. in the past few weeks, cyber hacking has been all over the headlines, and today the obama administration about how to combat foreign theft of trade secrets. eric holder announced a plan in washington, and it comes on the heels of a report by an american securities firm pointing the finger at china. i am joined by tom, who was a member of the commission on cyber security. the administration tiptoed over whether china was responsible for these cyber attacks. >> i think they are signaling to the rest of the world but we are more willing to not only publicly embarrass those regimes but the use hard and soft power. >> what did you say could be done to protect u.s. computer systems? >> we recommend a number of things, first to modernize authority for criminal penalties as well as to regulate statutes, to improve the way they protect data. many have taken a lackadaisical approach to securing them, over relying on things to protect themselves. >> are those vulnerable? >> every system is vulne
this is their line. >> thank you for joining us. in the past few weeks, cyber hacking has been all over the headlines, and today the obama administration about how to combat foreign theft of trade secrets. eric holder announced a plan in washington, and it comes on the heels of a report by an american securities firm pointing the finger at china. i am joined by tom, who was a member of the commission on cyber security. the administration tiptoed over whether china was responsible for...
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george tubin is with us tonight in boston. are companies, george, taking cyber-security serious today? >> that's a good question. i think unfortunately, the answer depends. some companies are. certain industries that have been hit, and have had issues lately over the past couple of years, like retailers, some of the payment processing sites, banks, certainly defense companies. but i think as a whole, unfortunately, in the u.s. companies are not taking it seriously enough yet. >> tom: you know, initially we saw denial of service attacks. essentially hackers trying to shut down a website. are they becoming more fef nefarious? >> yes. and costumers can't get to the website, and that company can't service their costumers. that's one level of attack. what is more nefarious, the more dangerous attacks, are those that go after company data and company information and actually steal money. >> tom: obviously, cash money has a value, even if it is cyber-oriented. but what else are the hackers after and what is the value and who is the b
george tubin is with us tonight in boston. are companies, george, taking cyber-security serious today? >> that's a good question. i think unfortunately, the answer depends. some companies are. certain industries that have been hit, and have had issues lately over the past couple of years, like retailers, some of the payment processing sites, banks, certainly defense companies. but i think as a whole, unfortunately, in the u.s. companies are not taking it seriously enough yet. >>...
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as dune pointed out he used some of the same infrastructure used for hacking. he registered a website for basically a mobile phone shop. he was making a little money on the side, and we needed him to confirm that that mobile phone shop was in fact his and that he has a relatively common last name and we needed to make sure he was the same guy who worked at the pla's cyber security institute which basically trains military operations in cyber wars. so the phone call was quite simple. we asked a couple of initial questions, are you the man who works at this university. he says yes. i'm not teaching classes today, i'm outside the city. do you own this mobile phone shop. he says yes. i no longer visit. that was some time ago. and then we begin to ask questions about the hacking activity and the other thing he does. and he quickly set the tone changes immediately he says that's not convenient to talk about right now. we asked him whether he works for the government. he says no i can't answer any more questions and he hung up the phone but he confirmed that the mobil
as dune pointed out he used some of the same infrastructure used for hacking. he registered a website for basically a mobile phone shop. he was making a little money on the side, and we needed him to confirm that that mobile phone shop was in fact his and that he has a relatively common last name and we needed to make sure he was the same guy who worked at the pla's cyber security institute which basically trains military operations in cyber wars. so the phone call was quite simple. we asked a...
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one sees a challenge for us to live our life righteously, handle our wealth in the way god wants us to, considering the different circumstanc in which we live. you know, had this economic -- what go -- do we want to call it, muslims taking away from their faith or back to their faith, i believe it has brought them back to their faith. this is why islam now is the most powerful religion in the middle east, in the arab world, and the most -- fastest religion in america as well. >> you mean that wealth and prosperity are not ultimately fulfilling, and this creates, in at a certain point, that what you're saying? and this is true with muslims true? >> well, islam -- islamic teaching is balanced between the economic and the wealth and the spiritual well-being. so both have to go hand in hand. and when people focus only on the economic advancements without the spirituality islam says that will take them eventually to their own direction. >> imam, you know that as program proceeds we're going to be talking about what the koran says about jesus. >> yes, sir. >> and i think our audience is goin
one sees a challenge for us to live our life righteously, handle our wealth in the way god wants us to, considering the different circumstanc in which we live. you know, had this economic -- what go -- do we want to call it, muslims taking away from their faith or back to their faith, i believe it has brought them back to their faith. this is why islam now is the most powerful religion in the middle east, in the arab world, and the most -- fastest religion in america as well. >> you mean...
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our guest joins us. talking about his age and age of his successor and divisions within the catholic church and the leadership, were you surprised he tackled these issues today? >> it is fascinating, but divisions in the church have been something he has been concerned about, and it became leaks.orse during the wikilea only were their divisions in the church but in the bureaucracy. >> everything he says over the next two weeks is going to be listened to very carefully? >> are much so. i think he is going to be careful to make sure not to say something that is interfering with the selection process. he has already appointed more than half the cardinals who are going to elect a successor -- he has already had a big say in who will be his successor. he picked people who agree with him on the issues facing the church. the person who gets elected is going to be someone they like. >> there really is not much in recent history, a practical president for having a former living coke. how much complication did it
our guest joins us. talking about his age and age of his successor and divisions within the catholic church and the leadership, were you surprised he tackled these issues today? >> it is fascinating, but divisions in the church have been something he has been concerned about, and it became leaks.orse during the wikilea only were their divisions in the church but in the bureaucracy. >> everything he says over the next two weeks is going to be listened to very carefully? >> are...
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we -- countries want us. i can tell you, charlie, from having sat around tables where people want to know what the united states will do and how we behave with others. >> rose: at the same time, many people also say they want to have confidence that the united states will do what it says it will do as well. >> i have to say what i find very sad now-- and this won't surprise you-- is the fact that we seem dysfunctional and that we are not fulfilling what we say we will do and i think that weakens america and certainly creates problems internationally for the rest of the world and for us. >> rose: it's not only a question about our leadership but also about the political leadership? the country, isn't it? >> i think very much so. what troubles me a lot is that at this stage there's not a lot of confidence in any institutions. it's true in this country and it's true internationally. so one of the things we started talking about the former foreign ministers, what we talk about is what can be done to restore confi
we -- countries want us. i can tell you, charlie, from having sat around tables where people want to know what the united states will do and how we behave with others. >> rose: at the same time, many people also say they want to have confidence that the united states will do what it says it will do as well. >> i have to say what i find very sad now-- and this won't surprise you-- is the fact that we seem dysfunctional and that we are not fulfilling what we say we will do and i think...
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x this necessitated us, -- this necessitated us to take him off the case. >> the focus returned to the death of reeva steenkamp. the court herd arguments of what and why in the bedroom, he shot his girlfriend bheind a locked door. the windows were unbarred. he said he felt a burglar had broken in and he fired in, killing reeva by mistake. but the prosecution said he was a vioelnt man and this story did not add up. >> there was a burglar in the bathroom -- this led to four shots, making him a murderer who does not deserve bail. >> the "blade runner," a numbe global brand, has been dropped. the man is now at the heart of a legal storm. with south africa's legal system in the spotlight and a murder case with a new twist each hour. >> for more, i spoke with criminal defense attorney ted simon. how damaging are these latest revelations for the prosecution? >> not good, but this case will turn on the forensics. his role remains to be seen. in a kind of -- unusual sort of way, he was not damaging to the defense. he said there was nothing inconsistent about this and in a funny turn of events,
x this necessitated us, -- this necessitated us to take him off the case. >> the focus returned to the death of reeva steenkamp. the court herd arguments of what and why in the bedroom, he shot his girlfriend bheind a locked door. the windows were unbarred. he said he felt a burglar had broken in and he fired in, killing reeva by mistake. but the prosecution said he was a vioelnt man and this story did not add up. >> there was a burglar in the bathroom -- this led to four shots,...
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do stay with us. last night, the world's biggest music stars were out in force for the grammy awards. mumford and sons walked away with a problem of the year. there were a lot of memorable performances. >> it is the record industry's biggest night of the year. >> taking away all six of the grammys she was nominated for. this was a much more open thing. the new, young, hipsters dominating. the word was authenticity rather than finely polished pop. >> welcome to the greatest music show on earth, the grammy awards. >> taylor swift open the show. adele won the battle of the divas. >> we worked so hard. to make it look so easy. see you later. >> it was the old with the new. joining bruno mars on stage in a night that also featured on an john. justin timber like was also behind the mic after a long time away making movies. d brought home song of the gear. the most prized grammy of the night went to british band mumford and sons. a great night of old faces, new names, and big stars. a little bit of everythin
do stay with us. last night, the world's biggest music stars were out in force for the grammy awards. mumford and sons walked away with a problem of the year. there were a lot of memorable performances. >> it is the record industry's biggest night of the year. >> taking away all six of the grammys she was nominated for. this was a much more open thing. the new, young, hipsters dominating. the word was authenticity rather than finely polished pop. >> welcome to the greatest...
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the merger of american and us air, giving us only four major airlines and less competition. comcast buying nbc universal, also reducing competition. the very wealthy getting a trivial increase in taxes while the payroll tax of working people will go from 4.2% to 6.2%. colossal salaries escalating again, many subsidized by tax payers. the postal service ending service on saturday. what's the picture you get from that montage of headlines? >> well, for me it is captured by the european word "austerity." we're basically saying that even though the widening gap between rich and poor built us up, many of the factors that plunged us into a crisis, instead of dealing with them and fixing that problem, we're actually allowing the crisis to make the inequality worse. the latest research from the leading two economists, saez from the university of california in berkeley, and piketty in france confirms that even over the last five years of the crisis, through 2012, the inequality of wealth and income has gotten worse, as though we are determined not to deal with it. all of those headli
the merger of american and us air, giving us only four major airlines and less competition. comcast buying nbc universal, also reducing competition. the very wealthy getting a trivial increase in taxes while the payroll tax of working people will go from 4.2% to 6.2%. colossal salaries escalating again, many subsidized by tax payers. the postal service ending service on saturday. what's the picture you get from that montage of headlines? >> well, for me it is captured by the european word...
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you can find us on twitter. from all of us here, thank you for watching. do tune in tomorrow. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to understand the industry you operate in, working to nurture new ventures and help provide capital for key, strategic decisions. we offer expertise and tailored solutions in a wide range of industries. what can we do for you? >> "bbc world news" was presented by kcet, los angeles. - hi, neighbour! we have a potty at school. and today prince wednesday's going to use it. did you know there are potties everywhere? even at music man stan's music shop. i'll be right back. is made possible in part by... the richard king mellon foundation. dedicated for over sixty years to south western pennsylvania's quality of life, and competitive future. and by these pittsburg foundations. working together to enhance and
you can find us on twitter. from all of us here, thank you for watching. do tune in tomorrow. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to understand the industry you operate in, working to nurture new ventures and help provide capital for key, strategic...
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a sense of the public priority, but does it give us any idea about a public consensus on the content of the legislation? susan ferrechio. >> i don't think it does in any sense, because if you add up the don't do it and don't do it this year, you're getting about half the population who are polled for this. you know, topic, which is reducing the debt and the deficit. that's the only place where you really see americans saying, now, quick, let's do something immediately. >> i don't see. that nobody is saying now, quick, especially if you ask them what spending programs they would like to cut. democrats don't want to cut anything, and the only areas republicans want to cut is foreign aid and uninsurance. this poll shows the country is broadly aligned with the president's proposals. when you ask the people do they support gun legislation, they're thinking of what obama is proposing. same on immigration reform, same on climate change. there are majorities and pluarities. if he doesn't get them on capitol hill he is going to take them to the campaign trail. >> what does it say about whethe
a sense of the public priority, but does it give us any idea about a public consensus on the content of the legislation? susan ferrechio. >> i don't think it does in any sense, because if you add up the don't do it and don't do it this year, you're getting about half the population who are polled for this. you know, topic, which is reducing the debt and the deficit. that's the only place where you really see americans saying, now, quick, let's do something immediately. >> i don't...
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sniffer dogs are being used to look for survivors. so far, though, the authorities have remained tight-lipped about the cause of the blast. local media are reporting that it might have been caused by an electrical fault or gas leak in an adjacent building but there's no confirmation nor denial of that. behind this police cordon, the rescue operation is continuing and preparing to carry on throughout the night. still on the scene here, there are family members of missing workers desperately waiting for news of their loved ones. and either way, this is the worst explosion in mexico city for almost 30 years. will grant, bbc news, mexico. >> now to the wise-cracking former mayor of new york who was as colorful and as exuberant as his city. ed koch was known for speaking his mind and taking on his critics. after a decade of leading the big apple in the 1980's, he's also remembered for saving the city from near financial ruin. koch died today at the age of 88 from heart failure. he was famous for asking, how am i doing? a brief time ago i a
sniffer dogs are being used to look for survivors. so far, though, the authorities have remained tight-lipped about the cause of the blast. local media are reporting that it might have been caused by an electrical fault or gas leak in an adjacent building but there's no confirmation nor denial of that. behind this police cordon, the rescue operation is continuing and preparing to carry on throughout the night. still on the scene here, there are family members of missing workers desperately...
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chased us out. we were on the bus, they took people off and killed them. on and on. she told her whole story. so we just recorded the whole thing. along, long interview with her. and then we said okay. now we're going to go find-- we called cbs. please let us do this. we were supposed to be going into syria. we said can we delay syria for a few days because we were working the split. we drove all around, we went back in and we found the prison camp, and we had a serb girl as a translator and she convinced the prison guys to let us go and see this man. now we-- he didn't know who we were, what we were. the last picture we took, was show us a picture of her baddee-- daddy. she held up a picture like this and david framed, the father so, they said okay it's the guy in the blue shirt, david framed him through a square of bashed wire exactly so we could-- it was beautiful. anyway we went in and they let us interview him. hi brought letters from the family. and the little girl had wrapped a bar of chocola
chased us out. we were on the bus, they took people off and killed them. on and on. she told her whole story. so we just recorded the whole thing. along, long interview with her. and then we said okay. now we're going to go find-- we called cbs. please let us do this. we were supposed to be going into syria. we said can we delay syria for a few days because we were working the split. we drove all around, we went back in and we found the prison camp, and we had a serb girl as a translator and...
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the world has forgotten about us. there is not a home. have beens of syrians driven from their homes by the war. many have fled across borders to safety. but most are trapped, refugees in their own country. the world has pledged millions of pounds in foreign aid. no one we have met had received any of it. and in a conflict where rockets are fired at will, they are never really safe. if you want to know what that feels like, watch the girls' reaction as the area is suddenly attacked. where will the shells land? when will they stop? syria's children know these questions well. going to like we are die. my sisters and i get ready. we hide. it has been a year since we left home. we have to ask people for lots of things. we have to keep moving. we don't have money. we don't have anything. >> the country is locked in a savage civil war, and it is civilians who have suffered the most as conditions steadily grow worse. some people are so desperate they have actually been forced to make their homes in underground tunnels like this, using matching o
the world has forgotten about us. there is not a home. have beens of syrians driven from their homes by the war. many have fled across borders to safety. but most are trapped, refugees in their own country. the world has pledged millions of pounds in foreign aid. no one we have met had received any of it. and in a conflict where rockets are fired at will, they are never really safe. if you want to know what that feels like, watch the girls' reaction as the area is suddenly attacked. where will...
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a lochts us were expecting the b.s.a. to lift of ban but it makes sense to take this to their national council and i will discuss it a little further. >> brown: richard land, what's your reaction to today's move? >> well, i-- i'm very much pleased that they-- that they postponed this and are going to let the grass-roots council from all across the nation decide this. i have no doubt which way they will decide. they are responding to an enormous grass-roots uprising that has taken place since thi announced this proposed policy change. >> brown: and staying with you, the argument now for keeping the ban. what is the argument? >> the argument is simply that the boy scouts have the right to have their core principles and to decide their membership policies and as recently as six months ago after a two and a half year study by the boy scouts themselves they said that the current policy was supported by an overwhelming majority of the parents of the youth that they serve. and this is-- this attempt at compromise that has been p
a lochts us were expecting the b.s.a. to lift of ban but it makes sense to take this to their national council and i will discuss it a little further. >> brown: richard land, what's your reaction to today's move? >> well, i-- i'm very much pleased that they-- that they postponed this and are going to let the grass-roots council from all across the nation decide this. i have no doubt which way they will decide. they are responding to an enormous grass-roots uprising that has taken...
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what einhorn is proposing is that apple pay out more of its cash hoard to investors, using a special kind of preferred stock. einhorn has a lot at stake: his fund owns more than one million shares of apple, and while the stock rose a bit today, it's down 35% since its peak of $700 last september. late today apple issued this statement: "apple's management team and board of directors have been in active discussions about returning additional cash to shareholders. as part of our review, we will thoroughly evaluate greenlight capital's current proposal to issue some form of preferred stock." >> susie: joining us now with more, brian white, tech analyst at topeka capital markets. so brian, a lot going on in this battle. what's your take. i know you were talking to some people at green light today. what's your take on david ianhorn's strategy, and does it make sense in. >> well, i think it makes a lot of sense. and a lot of investors are frustrated about the lack of crash distribution from apple. and i think the argument really reached in deflection point today. so i think we'll see some
what einhorn is proposing is that apple pay out more of its cash hoard to investors, using a special kind of preferred stock. einhorn has a lot at stake: his fund owns more than one million shares of apple, and while the stock rose a bit today, it's down 35% since its peak of $700 last september. late today apple issued this statement: "apple's management team and board of directors have been in active discussions about returning additional cash to shareholders. as part of our review, we...
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he joins us now. tony, is this an unusually good year to go to the movies and does that make it an unusually hard year to pick winners? >> i think it was a good year. i mean, i think there's so many different kinds of movies that come out in every year that it's sometimes hard to rank them. i think it was a very good year for mainstream movies that grown-ups might want to go see. there's been a knock against the hollywood studios for the last decade or so that they're mostly interested in teenagers, in action franchises for the international marketplace, in sequels and superheroes and so on. this year a lot of movies, "lincoln" life of pi" "les miserables," "zero dark thirty" found audiences and as well as a lot of critical acclaim. so i think it is a strong year for the kind of movies that we were accustomed to seeing around oscar time in decades past but haven't been as thick on the ground recently. >> suarez: "around oscar time." might this part b what some critics see a the gaming of a calendar? t
he joins us now. tony, is this an unusually good year to go to the movies and does that make it an unusually hard year to pick winners? >> i think it was a good year. i mean, i think there's so many different kinds of movies that come out in every year that it's sometimes hard to rank them. i think it was a very good year for mainstream movies that grown-ups might want to go see. there's been a knock against the hollywood studios for the last decade or so that they're mostly interested in...
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and pushing us, trying to back us into a corner. ♪ >> i think every time we go, we hope that this will be the year. you wanna believe that people will do the right thing. you wanna believe that of course the church will step up. >> san francisco pastor karen oliveto, berkeley divinity professor randall miller and bakersfield pastor richard thompson are heading toward a showdown. at a convention in tampa, florida, they'll join other united methodists from around the world to debate whether their church should continue viewing homosexuality as a sin. >> it's been said that politics and religion should never be discussed in polite conversation. but the united methodist church is doing just that -- discussing whether to change church doctrine added in 1972 that declares homosexuality incompatible with christianity.
and pushing us, trying to back us into a corner. ♪ >> i think every time we go, we hope that this will be the year. you wanna believe that people will do the right thing. you wanna believe that of course the church will step up. >> san francisco pastor karen oliveto, berkeley divinity professor randall miller and bakersfield pastor richard thompson are heading toward a showdown. at a convention in tampa, florida, they'll join other united methodists from around the world to debate...
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this health care economy is going to eat us alive. i mean it's almost as if, charlie, we've been living in two worlds. in our world, in everybody's world except the health care world, the economy is actually to the been so great in case you haven't noticed in you know the last you know decade. certainly the last five or six years. the economy hasn't been so great there are issues with employment, issues with income security, all this stuff that we've all lived through. then there's this other world in the united states called the health care economy where everything has been booming. the jobs keep growing. incomes keep going up. hospitals -- >> insurance companies are doing okay. >> the insurance companies are doing okay. ge is doing great, selling cat scans, siemens is doing great selling cat scans. the drug companies are doing great. it got to a point because i started this, you know, awhile ago, we just updated the c.e.o. salaries for the hospitals i write about. they were going up 5, 10, 15%. >> a bitter pym by steven brill. nicol
this health care economy is going to eat us alive. i mean it's almost as if, charlie, we've been living in two worlds. in our world, in everybody's world except the health care world, the economy is actually to the been so great in case you haven't noticed in you know the last you know decade. certainly the last five or six years. the economy hasn't been so great there are issues with employment, issues with income security, all this stuff that we've all lived through. then there's this other...
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andrew harding was in court again for us today. tried to maskrius his feelings in court today, ploys to discover if he would be released from police custody. the magistrate took two hours to summarize the twists of this dramatic case. still no cameras allowed when the court was in session. >> i've come to the conclusion that the accused has made a case to be released on bail. toas the magistrates began announce his decision, oscar pistorius slumped, sobbing, his shoulders shaking. his father tried to comfort him. the athlete stood up and left court. there was more relief here today, everybody knows there is a long legal journey ahead. as a sign of that, at the magistrate imposed strict conditions on the athlete. bayless 70,000 pounds, he must remain in south africa and report to the police twice a week. the magistrate said he found aspects of the testimony troubling. what really happened that night when he rushed from his bedroom to shoot four times to a toilet girl killing his girlfriend reeva steenkamp? >> there are some aspects
andrew harding was in court again for us today. tried to maskrius his feelings in court today, ploys to discover if he would be released from police custody. the magistrate took two hours to summarize the twists of this dramatic case. still no cameras allowed when the court was in session. >> i've come to the conclusion that the accused has made a case to be released on bail. toas the magistrates began announce his decision, oscar pistorius slumped, sobbing, his shoulders shaking. his...
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thank you for joining us. see you next time. captioning sponsored by rose communications captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> announcer: the following kqed production was produced in high definition. ♪ >> must have soup. >> the pancake is to die for! [ laughter ] >> it was a gut bomb, but i liked it. in private moments about the food i had. >> i didn't like it. >> you didn't like it? oh, okay. >> dining here makes me feel rich. >> and what about dessert? pecan pie? sweet-potato pie?
thank you for joining us. see you next time. captioning sponsored by rose communications captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> announcer: the following kqed production was produced in high definition. ♪ >> must have soup. >> the pancake is to die for! [ laughter ] >> it was a gut bomb, but i liked it. in private moments about the food i had. >> i didn't like it. >> you didn't like it? oh, okay. >> dining here makes me feel rich....
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bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> brown: the papacy of benedict the sixteenth officially ended today as he became the first pontiff in modern times to resign. on his last day, he spoke with the cardinals who will now turn to choosing his successor, amid continuing scandals and tensions within the vatican and wider church. we begin with our coverage with this report from james mates of "independent television news." >> reporter: looking a little frail, weary almost under the burdens of a tumultuous eight years in the holy see, pope benedict met his cardinals for a final time. in the magnificent surroundings of the vatican's clementine room, he thanked them and recognized that one o
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on the use of intimidation, should have used influence, i think would have been more appropriate. i should not have said dumb or stupid, because i understand, appreciate there are different views in these things. >> reporter: south carolina republican lindsey graham argued that hagel's larger record on middle east policy is equally troubling. >> do you believe that the sum total of all of your votes, refusing to sign a letter to the e.u. asking hezbollah to be designated a terrorist organization, being one of 22 to vote to designate the iranian revolutionary guard a terrorist organization, being one of two on two occasions to vote against sanctions that this body was trying to impose on iran, the statements you made about palestinians and about the jewish lobby, all that together. that the image you created is one of sending the worst possible signal to our enemies and friends at one of the most critical times in world history? >> no, i would not agree with that. because i have taken actions and made statements very clear as to what i believe hezbollah and hamas are as a terrorist
on the use of intimidation, should have used influence, i think would have been more appropriate. i should not have said dumb or stupid, because i understand, appreciate there are different views in these things. >> reporter: south carolina republican lindsey graham argued that hagel's larger record on middle east policy is equally troubling. >> do you believe that the sum total of all of your votes, refusing to sign a letter to the e.u. asking hezbollah to be designated a terrorist...
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and pushing us, trying to back us into a corner. ♪ >> i think every time we go, we hope that this will be the year. you wanna believe that people will do the right thing. you wanna believe that of course the church will step up. >> san francisco pastor karen oliveto, berkeley divinity professor randall miller and bakersfield pastor richard thompson are heading toward a showdown. at a convention in tampa, florida, they'll join other united methodists from around the world to debate whether their church should continue viewing homosexuality as a sin. >> it's been said that politics and religion should never be discussed in polite conversation. but the united methodist church is doing just that -- discussing whether to change church doctrine added in 1972 that declares homosexuality incompatible with christianity.
and pushing us, trying to back us into a corner. ♪ >> i think every time we go, we hope that this will be the year. you wanna believe that people will do the right thing. you wanna believe that of course the church will step up. >> san francisco pastor karen oliveto, berkeley divinity professor randall miller and bakersfield pastor richard thompson are heading toward a showdown. at a convention in tampa, florida, they'll join other united methodists from around the world to debate...
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thank you for joining us. see you next time. captioning sponsored by rose communications captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org captioning sponsored by wpbt >> this is n.b.r. >> susie: i'm susie gharib. ghosts of the financial crisis come back to haunt standard and poor's. the justice department is close to filing a lawsuit against the agency for wrongdoing in its ratings before the financial crisis. >> tom: i'm tom hudson. weakness in technology shares helps derail a five-week runnup on wall street, we look at stocks and the individual investor. >> susie: and michael dell could be taking the computer company that bears his name private, as soon as this week. a look at what going private means for investors. >> tom: that and more tonight on "n.b.r."! >> susie: entirely without legal merit, that's what standard and poor's is calling a potential lawsuit by the department of justice, for s&p's mortgage bond ratings ahead of the financial crisis. these charges come five years after the financial crisis and would be
thank you for joining us. see you next time. captioning sponsored by rose communications captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org captioning sponsored by wpbt >> this is n.b.r. >> susie: i'm susie gharib. ghosts of the financial crisis come back to haunt standard and poor's. the justice department is close to filing a lawsuit against the agency for wrongdoing in its ratings before the financial crisis. >> tom: i'm tom hudson. weakness in technology shares helps...
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come with us - ♪ ok - ♪ swimming, swimming - ♪ swimming in the deep blue sea ♪ - ♪ there's lots for us to see - ♪ when we're swimming in the deep blue seaaaaaaa ♪ - wasn't that grr-ific? - daniel, daniel, daniel! when we get to the beach, i'm going to build a great big sandcastle! - me too. i can't wait to go outside and play! (they gasp.) - oh, no. - it's raining! - ready to go outside? oh, wow. look, it's raining. we can't go outside if it's raining. - why not? - well, because this much rain will make you soaked and cold. - and the sand is all soggy. - i can't go outside to play on the beach? that makes me soooo... mad! roar!
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he joins us now. welcome >> thank you for having me brown: we've known this is a problem for a long time but how pervasive is it? >> it's extremely extensive. according to the department of de's own estimates more than 19,000 men and women are sexually assaulted each year in the u.s. military. if you multiply that times the decades this has been going on there's over 500,000 perhaps even close to a million men and women have been sexually asauled over the last three generations >> brown: the problem that you showed and we really saw it in that excerpt is not only does it happens but the ugliness afterwards, right? the women themselves are often persecuted >> exactly. only 86% of men and women who are sexually assaulted in the military don't report. it's exactly for those reasons. they experience reprisals that are in many ways a second betrayal that is worse than the actual rape itself. >> brown: sometimes they have to report it to the perpetrator >> right. brown: their commanding officer >> right bro
he joins us now. welcome >> thank you for having me brown: we've known this is a problem for a long time but how pervasive is it? >> it's extremely extensive. according to the department of de's own estimates more than 19,000 men and women are sexually assaulted each year in the u.s. military. if you multiply that times the decades this has been going on there's over 500,000 perhaps even close to a million men and women have been sexually asauled over the last three generations...
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dennis is with us. really takings place because the alternative is worse? think there is an advantage to having diplomacy solved it, if in fact, it can solve it. resolutions byle the iaea, asking them -- not asking, but mandating that they stop. they are not stopping. and the world has put a lot of pressure on the iranians, clearly, through increasing the economic pressures that do have an impact there, but they have not had an effect on iran's behavior on its nuclear program yet. is there a diplomatic way out? oneapproach on the 5 plus was to say, we are prepared to offer you a diplomatic way out. he did not take it, the pressure will go up. and some of the members of p-5 plus one will be looking at military pressure, not just economic. inflation was up 30% for iran. and yet, you say it does not change its tune. it is not backing down on its nuclear program. is there something that the west can do, say, offer iran that would change the equation? >> there are two dimensions. one dimension is that there's not a set of inducements that will suddenly convinced
dennis is with us. really takings place because the alternative is worse? think there is an advantage to having diplomacy solved it, if in fact, it can solve it. resolutions byle the iaea, asking them -- not asking, but mandating that they stop. they are not stopping. and the world has put a lot of pressure on the iranians, clearly, through increasing the economic pressures that do have an impact there, but they have not had an effect on iran's behavior on its nuclear program yet. is there a...